Ask for peace of mind

Nanguang City was in a period of rapid development at that time, and urban construction produced a large amount of garbage, which was piled up on the outskirts of the city, forming a huge garbage dump in the southeast area of ​​Nanguang City.

When he arrived at the garbage dump, Xu Wei'an realized why the salary was so high just for cooking.

As soon as he arrived at the dump, he was surrounded by flies and stench.The garbage dump with a radius of 10,000+ square meters is endless, and there are mushy garbage everywhere, which is black and gray.And the place he is going to live in is just a dilapidated wooden house in the middle of the dump.There are three wooden huts, one is a warehouse, where some ingredients, tools and sundries are stored; the largest one is the residence of a dozen or so of them, with a big bunk, each with a quilt; the smallest one is their bathroom .

"There is no drinking water here. You can go to Qingshui Town, three kilometers away from here, to get water. Our car passes there every day, and you can bring water back by the way."

After explaining the situation clearly, Lao Huang turned around and said to Xu Wei'an, "You work here for two days first, if they..." He pointed to the big men around, "If they are not satisfied, you can't stay here. The ingredients and pots and pans are all in the warehouse, you can figure it out yourself."

Xu Wei'an nodded quickly to express his understanding.

"Besides, someone will come tomorrow to tell you what to do and divide the work for you. Let's have a good rest tonight." As he said that, Lao Huang waved his hand, got on the truck that brought them over, and left.

The big guys seem to have all had the experience of working part-time like this, and they didn't complain about the smelly and dilapidated environment, one by one they started looking for a place to make their beds.

Xu Wei'an was a little at a loss.He didn't know if he could stay, so he was not in a hurry to make the bed. Seeing that the sun was about to set on the garbage mountain, he asked, "Brothers and uncles, I'm going to cook. What do you want to eat tonight? Potatoes, onions, dried pasta, flour and rice."

"Whatever, as long as you can eat enough."

"Child, why didn't you go to school? What's the matter with your arm?"

"What will you do?"

Xu Wei'an smiled and answered the questions one by one.

The dozen or so men are all rural people, and the only requirement for food is to be full.And because most of them are from the north, I finally chose to eat pasta.

There was a pile of briquettes scattered on the open space in front of the wooden house. It seemed that they had just been purchased and hadn't been tidied up yet.Next to the briquettes was a large coal stove and several new pots and buckets of potable water.

Xu Wei'an picked up a lump of dry thatch from the garbage dump, and quickly lit the coal stove.When the coal stove was lit, he filled the teapot with water and put it on.Then scoop water from the bucket next to it and clean the basins.After washing the basin, he went to take out the pots and pans and other kitchen utensils from the warehouse, put them on the open space in front of the wooden house, and cleaned them one by one.

Maybe on the first day, the buyer bought them dried noodles. The quantity was not large, and it was only enough for so many people to eat.I bought a lot of potatoes, onions and the like, which seemed to be long-term reserves.

Xu Wei'an cleaned dozens of potatoes and onions and put them in the previous basin.Then I found a few benches from the warehouse, cleaned the chopping boards, put them on the shelf, and chopped onions and potatoes.His right hand was weak, so he directly operated with his left hand. The movement was not fast, but it was smooth.After the dishes were ready, he took the teapot off the coal stove and put it aside, put the iron pot on the coal stove, and made saozi.Yes, he's going to make saozi noodles.After making the saozi, he scooped the saozi into the basin that had been washed before.Then I cleaned the pot and poured the water from the teapot into the pot.Seeing that there was not enough water in the pot, he took a few scoops from the bucket and poured them into the pot.Wait for the water to boil and serve the noodles.

Although the pot is big, one pot of noodles is still not enough to feed a dozen big men.Xu Wei'an made a pot first, and asked each of them to fill a bowl first, scooped up the remaining noodles into the basin, and then made another pot with the previous noodle soup.After everyone was full, Xu Wei'an finally felt relieved, picked up the remaining noodles in the pot and ate until he was full.

After cleaning the pots and pans, Xu Wei'an was really relieved.The oil lamps in the house have been turned off, and most of the people are still chatting quietly, some of them are probably already preparing for sleep.Gently spreading the quilt on the only space in the corner, Xu Weian wiped his sweat with his dirty sleeves, lay on the bed, and clumsily rubbed his tired, cramped left arm with three fingers of his right hand.

In the dim darkness, the person next to him suddenly asked in a low voice: "Why doesn't your family treat your arm? At your age, and your arm is like this, how will you marry a wife in the future?"

Xu Wei'an's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "The family has no money, and my younger brother and sister have to go to school. My mother said that I will not be able to marry a wife in the future, so I can let my younger brother take care of me."

The man sighed and said, "It's because of the poverty of the family. But it's not a problem for you. You can really rely on your brother in the future? The younger brother is not his biological parents. When his mother-in-law instigates him, maybe he won't do it." I will take care of you. In my opinion, you should make plans early and rely on your own good."

Xu Wei'an blinked, suppressed the sudden sourness, and said with a smile: "Brother is right, I came out to work to make money to treat my arm. I can't let myself be a drag on my brother."

"Boy, I have an idea. Big Brother has made you a friend. Call me Brother Wang, and I will keep you."

Xu Wei'an hurriedly sat up and shouted, "Brother Wang. My name is Xu Wei'an, just call me An Zi."

"Hey, An Zi, I'll take care of you from now on. Go to sleep well, I'll probably wake up early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wang."

The next day Xu Wei'an got up early and made rice while others were still sleeping.When everyone woke up, apart from smelling the stench of the garbage dump, they even smelled the aroma of food, and they were quite satisfied with Xu Wei'an's hard work.

Sure enough, as Lao Huang said, someone came with a truck just after dinner.This time it was the small management of the garbage dump who chose Brother Wang as the foreman and assigned tasks to twelve people.Then I took Wang Ge and others to various garbage stations in the city to collect garbage and familiarize myself with the homework.

The foul-smelling garbage was brought back to the garbage dump in batches. Brother Wang left a few people and started crushing and filling the garbage, and then took people to collect the garbage.

After Xu Wei'an cleaned up the diners, he had nothing to do.After thinking for a while, he went to the warehouse to rummage, and finally he found a bag of yeast.He planned to distribute some noodles and steamed buns for dinner at night. After all, he only had two days, so he had to show what he knew how to cook, so the chances of staying would be greater.

Rolling noodles is not an easy task for him, let alone kneading steamed buns.There was only one arm that could make his face flushed with exhaustion and sweat profusely, and the ubiquitous stench made him almost suffocate.Fortunately, he has a lot of time, and he can take a rest when he is tired, so in the end he steamed the steamed buns, and they looked pretty good.

It was already late after dinner, so Brother Wang proposed to keep Xu Wei'an while everyone was still asleep.He said this at the time, "As you can see, although Anzi is sometimes inconvenient, for example, he kneaded the dough all afternoon this afternoon, but in the end he cooked the meal on time, so he is definitely capable of cooking. This matter. It is not easy for the child to be away, so we should not embarrass him. I think we should keep him. "

"I also think it's pretty good, just stay and stay."

"Who is not surprised? This child is indeed pitiful, but he is also quite capable. I have no objection."

"No problem, Brother Wang, you can stay if you say so."

"It's fine, but I'm from the south, Anzi, can you not put so much salt in the dishes, it's too salty."

"Ha ha……"

Everyone laughed, and they all agreed that he should stay in the garbage dump.Xu Wei'an was very happy, besides Wen Di, this was the first time he felt the obvious kindness from others.Rubbing his eyes with pantothenic acid, he stood up and bowed to everyone, Xu Wei'an said, "Thank you, thank you."

Later, Xu Wei'an built another simple stove with bricks in front of the wooden house, instead of burning coal to burn dry firewood.He took the dry firewood out of the garbage and piled it next to the wooden house. After drying, he used it for cooking.Cooking in one pot is not enough for so many people.After applying, Lao Huang approved the money, and Xu Wei'an went to buy a large pot for noodles or steamed buns, and sometimes used to boil bath water, with dry firewood on the rack, enough for the group of them to make hot water bath.

Later, Brother Zhang (one of the garbage haulers) found an abandoned bicycle from the garbage dump. This bicycle was cleaned up with the tools and parts he found in the warehouse, and finally it was ready to ride.Although the car made a loud noise when it was moving, Xu Wei'an cherished it very much.When Xu Wei'an was free, he practiced in the garbage dump, and when he was good at riding, he rode around the garbage dump.That's when he started noticing that there were still usable things in the trash.

He didn't have much ambition, so he just picked up some plastic bottles and iron bumps, and after a long time, he actually piled up in front of the wooden house.Brother Wang asked him to find a bag to put the bottle and the iron block in, and when the truck came to unload the garbage, he pulled it out and sold it.Brother Wang gave him seven or eight yuan when he came back, which made him very excited.

Although there are many plastic bottles in the garbage dump, they have basically been picked up by people.Sometimes Xu Wei'an can only find a dozen or so bottles after digging through the garbage pile for a long time, and the rotten garbage smells so suffocating that it makes people dizzy.Xu Wei'an decided to follow everyone's advice and focus on picking up places where there are many bottles.Besides, he didn't want to bother Brother Wang and the others all the time. They were always busy working overtime and selling bottles for him. He felt very sorry.

In the end, Xu Wei'an followed everyone's advice and went to the train station or near the school to pick up bottles.When I picked up almost everything, I used a bicycle to carry it to the scrap collection station and sold it.In this way, after a month, Xu Wei'an can earn more than 40 yuan by selling waste products, but this income is not stable.

There is a shortage of water in the garbage dump, and they really don't have time for a bunch of old men, and the quilts and clothes have not been washed for years.The hair is also only rubbed with laundry detergent in the occasional shower.At the beginning, Xu Wei'an couldn't help it, he washed clothes and quilts diligently, and then he gave up when he saw other people's black and oily, smelly, and some scratchy quilts and clothes mixed with his own. Clean up.

In the garbage dump full of the stench of mosquitoes and flies, these laborers who are busy all day long have no time to clean up themselves, even if they clean up, they can't get rid of the stench that seems to have spread into their bones.They don't feel the smell after smelling it for a long time, they are used to that smell.